The beanpole striker tucked home from all of one yard after a Howedes flick on from a corner. Miroslav Klose pulled level with Ronaldo on 15 career World Cup goals as he saved Germany from defeat against a spirited Ghana side. Upd. at 23:07 The result leaves Ghana in a precarious position, after they lost their opener to the USA. Ghana: Dauda, Gyan, Atsu (Wakaso 72), Boateng (J Ayew 53), A Ayew, Muntari, Rabiu (Badu 78), Mensah, Asamoah, Boye, Afful Goals: A Ayew 54, Gyan 63 Then the Africans stunned the spectators by going ahead, through star striker Asamoah Gyan. Goals: Gotze 51, Klose 71 21/06/2014 But just when Ghana thought they were going to get three points on the board, on came Klose. It levelled the scores at 2-2 and sent Klose level with Brazil legend Ronaldo at the summit of the all-time World Cup top scorers chart.
Germany: Neuer, Howedes, Hummels, Khedira (Schweinsteiger 69), Ozil, Muller, Lahm, Mertesacker, Kroos, Gotze (Klose 69), Boateng (Mustafi 46) Match facts Mario Gotze had put the fancied Europeans into the lead with a terrible header, which bounced off his own knee and into the net, after a brilliant Thomas Muller cross. CEST Germany, who thrashed Portugal 4-0, are still well placed to qualify. Booked: Muntari His clinical finish was just the reward that Sulley Muntari’s fine through-ball deserved. Sport EN But Ghana struck back with another header, this time an extremely well-taken one, from Andre Ayew. 
LFP announce La Liga fixture kick-off time rules for Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid
The LFP have announced more information about the TV scheduling, including that Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico must all play once a month at 4pm, CET. Sport EN The Clasico was also announced as being at 6pm on Saturday October 25. This is a quick breakdown of the new guidelines. “As far as possible these hours will be set one month in advance and communicated to those affected, so they can make the appropriate provisions.” Upd. at 21:59 CEST 10/09/2014 “Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico must play once a month on Saturday at 4pm, twice per season on Sunday at 12pm, and at 5pm. ————————-
Barca B’s Adama Traore and Sandro Ramirez watched by Stoke City boss
26/01/2015 Stoke City manager Mark Hughes surprised the Mini Estadi on Sunday afternoon, turning up to watch Barcelona B’s narrow defeat by Osasuna (0-1). The reason for his presence was to scout two of Eusebio’s men, Adama Traore and Sandro Ramirez. However, Sandro commented in the mixed zone: “I have a contract and want to stay here all season.” CET Upd. at 19:51 The coach himself admitted to RAC1: “Those are two options. It’s a matter o talking to all parties and evaluating the situations which might happen. We are in a time when the market is open. “You have to see what the player sees, if the player is convinced he can have great growth.” Sport EN Bojan and Muniesa, two former Barcelona youngsters, are flourishing at Stoke City under Hughes.
Stevan Jovetic axed for Wilfried Bony in Manchester City Champions League squad
Upd. at 22:30 This is only a problem for City because they are forced to only name 16 foreign players in their squad, instead of 17, as a punishment for breaching UEFA FFP regulations. 05/02/2015 CET Stevan Jovetic has been snubbed by Manuel Pellegrini as the Manchester City coach selected his men for the latter stages of the Champions League.
January signing Wilfried Bony has replaced him in City’s reckoning, with Barcelona their next opponents in Europe’s premier competition. Jovetic has only scored 11 times for City since signing in 2013 and has spent large spells injured, making Pellegrini’s decision understandable. Sport EN
David Moyes wants Real Sociedad to be more creative against Espanyol
Rik Sharma David Moyes wants his Real Sociedad side to be creative and more lethal in front of goal against Espanyol at Anoeta on Sunday. “We’re beginning to get a little bit more possession, but we’re not making chances. We still have to work on all aspects. We’re working at it and hopefully we see it. We’re looking for more creativity, for more goals. 07/03/2015 “Espanyol will come and play a little deeper and make it difficult for us to be creative. When I joined the club I always said avoiding relegation had to be number one priority. It’s still number one priority. The Scot said: “We have had a problem scoring goals. We’ve not been as fluent as I’d like, but we scored four against Sevilla which was very good.
“We haven’t won enough games, but we haven’t lost too many games either. We need to get more points to get away from relegation.” CET “And we have to make sure we’re defensively very tight. If we win by a goal from a corner kick I’m happy. We’re having to rely on our home form. We have to try to address our form away from home. Upd. at 22:08 
Atletico Madrid’s Arda Turan closes is on transfer to English side Chelsea
Sport EN CEST Despite his clause standing at 41 million euros and Atletico’s desire to keep hold of him, Arda’s position has forced Diego Simeone’s side to reach an agreement with the interested clubs. Ardan Turan’s move to Chelsea could be completed in a matter of hours. The attacking midfielder, who currently plays for Atletico Madrid, is close to joining the London club for around 35 million euros, according to the English press. That fee could be less if Filipe Luis eventually returns to the Rojiblanco. Turan has played 178 games for Atletico and has scored 22 goals, creating 32 more. In addition, he will leave the Vicente Calderon having won five titles: La Liga (2013-14), Copa del Rey (2012-13), Spainish Super Cup (2014-15), Europa League (2011-12) and European Super Cup (2012-13).
Upd. at 19:54 Chelsea are one of several teams interested in the Turkish international. Turan’s agent, Ahmet Bulut, has indicated in no uncertain terms that his client is ready to leave Atletico following four years in the Spanish capital. 30/06/2015
Arsenal beat Chelsea on penalties to win Community Shield
Árbitro Arsenal Gary Cahill scored first from the spot, before Arsenal’s two penalties were converted by Theo Walcott and Nacho Monreal. Goles y Penalties Cech, Holding, Mertesacker (Kolasinac 32′), Monreal, Bellerín, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Elneny, Xhaka, Iwobi (Walcott 67′), Welbeck y Lacazette (Giroud 66′). 1 (4)-1 (1) El Arsenal gana la Community en los penaltis Jordi Blanco Upd. at 19:18 Arsenal have won the first piece of silverware on offer in England this season after a penalty shootout win against Chelsea at Wembley in the Community Shield on Sunday. Chelsea The game ended a draw and, with no extra-time, went straight to penalties, where the new ABBA format was tested — the first to take has one penalty, before each team then has two penalties each in a row. Arsenal Chelsea
IN SPORT.ES Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and new signing Alvaro Morata then both missed for Chelsea, allowing France international Olivier Giroud the chance to stroke home the winning spot kick. 06/08/2017 Courtois, Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Cahill, Kanté, Marcos Alonso (Rudiger 79′), Moses, Cesc, Willian, Pedro y Batshuayi (Morata 74′). Campo Robert Madley. Amonestó a Azpilicueta, Bellerín, Marcos Alonso, Willian. Expulsó (80′) a Pedro. 0-1 M. 46 Moses. 1-1 M. 82 Kolasinac.En la tanda marcaron para el Arsenal Walcott, Monreal, Oxlade y Giroud. Por el Chelsea marcó Cahill y fallaron Courtois y Morata. Premier League champions Chelsea took a second half lead through Victor Moses, but were left with 10 men for the final minutes when Pedro Rodriguez was sent off. With the man advantage, FA Cup winners Arsenal fought back and equalised through summer signing Sead Kolasinac. MATCH FACTS Community Shield CEST Wembley. 83.325 espectadores
Spain play against Costa Rica and Russia in November
The Spanish national team knows their next opponents after the RFEF announced that they will play Costa Rica and Russia in November friendlies. Costa Rica will also be at Russia 2018. They met Spain in Leon in 2015 and Del Bosque’s La Roja won 2-1. Upd. at 18:58 IN SPORT.ES The first clash takes place on Saturday 11, in Malaga vs Costa Rica. Three days later Spain face Russia in Saint Petersburg. A clash that will see them learn about one of the World Cup stadiums first hand. 13/10/2017 España jugará ante Costa Rica y Rusia en noviembre CEST Sport EN
Watch Lacazette’s exuberant celebration as Aubameyang caps off magical Arsenal move with goal
Advertisement cji6mNBA Finals | Brooklyn VsfkvWingsuit rodeo📽Sindre E42q4408( IG: @_aubreyfisher @imraino ) 0ni1tWould you ever consider trying this?😱kpyiCan your students do this? 🌚bz67Roller skating! Powered by Firework Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang are seeming to be the best pals in the field. But something went wrong with Alexandre Lacazette in the match against Leicester City as the Frenchman started to celebrate in the wrong way after the third goal of the Gunners against Leicester City.Advertisement Advertisement The match was not really easy for the Gunners as Leicester City got the lead in the match with the own Goal of Hector Bellerin at the 31st minute of the match. Unai Emery has again not started Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang together in this match. Aubameyang came into the field at the 61st minute of the match. Within two minutes the Gabon International scored his first goal of the match. The second goal of Pierre Emerick Aubameyang came from a brilliant move of the Gunners. Arsenal won the match with the margin of 3-1 to complete their seven match winning streak in the Premier League. Alexandre Lacazette was a little bit off colour in the match against Leicester City. The Frenchman didn’t get a goal in this match. That might be the reason why the French centre forward went to wrong side to celebrate. But it is seeming to be just a small incident. Alexandre Lacazette and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang are really good friends on and off the field and this incident will not affect their friendship at all. Alexandre Lacazette usually has a great way of celebration and the Frenchman celebrates passionately when any other player of his team scores a goal. The Arsenal fans also delighted to see this kind of celebration of Alexandre Lacazette and they shared their views on it in the social media. Advertisement
IPL: All the players retained and released by every team ahead of IPL 2018
Advertisement 4jlNBA Finals | Brooklyn Vs26qtwWingsuit rodeo📽Sindre E1kh( IG: @_aubreyfisher @imraino ) 84fWould you ever consider trying this?😱b682Can your students do this? 🌚8hp3rRoller skating! Powered by Firework Image Courtesy: IPLAdvertisement The IPL franchises submitted the official list entailing the retained players and released players. The upcoming auction is set to be a spicy affair after the franchises have released several huge names.Advertisement Here is the list containing the players the franchises have opted to retain and release.Mumbai IndiansAdvertisement Retained: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.Released: Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya.Traded: Quinton de Kock from RCBSalary cap available: 11.15 crAvailable slots: 7; Indian 6, Overseas 1Rajasthan RoyalsRetained: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S. Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror.Released: D’Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma, Jatin Saxena.Salary cap available: 20.95crAvailable slots: 9; Indian 6, Overseas 3Sunrisers HyderabadRetained: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Shakib Al HasanReleased: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi HasanTraded: Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz NadeemSalary cap available: 9.70 crAvailable slots: 5; Indian 3, Overseas 2Chennai Super KingsRetained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya BishnoiReleased: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz SharmaSalary cap available: 8.40 crAvailable slots: 2; Indian 2, Overseas 0Kings XI PunjabRetained: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran AshwinReleased: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor DarTraded: Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh with RCBSalary cap available: 36.20 crAvailable slots: 15; Indian 11, Overseas 4Delhi DaredevilsRetained: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane, Trent BoultReleased: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Naman OjhaTraded: Shikhar Dhawan from SRH for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem with Delhi DaredevilsSalary cap available: 25.50 crAvailable slots: 10; Indian 7, Overseas 3Kolkata Knight RidersRetained: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh NagarkotiReleased: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon SearlesSalary cap available: 15.20 crAvailable slots: 12; Indian 7, Overseas 5Royal Challengers BangaloreRetained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant KhejroliyaReleased: Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz KhanTraded: Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis with KXIPSalary cap available: 18.15 crAvailable slots: 10; Indian 8, Overseas 2 Advertisement